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Re: Phrasal verb "put off"

It's OK.

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Re: Phrasal verb "put off"

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

I'd change "put her off" to "turned her off." Another option here is "grossed her out."

Both are OK in the right contexts. '... turned ... off' is, in my opinion, more informal/modern than 'put ... off'. My mother (93) would use 'put ... off' but not 'turn ... off'. The second is definitely more informal/modern. I (71) do not use 'gross ... out' though I understand it. My offspring (41 and 37) use 'gross ... out' in informal conversation, but would not use it in, for example, a job interview. My great nephew (20) uses 'gross ... out' as readily as I use 'deter' or 'discourage'.

Re: Phrasal verb "put off"

I (71) do not use 'gross ... out' though I understand it. My offspring (41 and 37) use 'gross ... out' in informal conversation, but would not use it in, for example, a job interview. My great nephew (20) uses 'gross ... out' as readily as I use 'deter' or 'discourage'.

If I'd thought Bassim wished to speak with the utmost formality and linguistic decorum, my suggestions would have been entirely different. Bassim wants to use a phrasal verb, does he not?

Last edited by Phaedrus; 22-May-2017 at 00:38.
Reason: I felt like adding something.

Re: Phrasal verb "put off"

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

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“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”